Supreme Court to rule on DP presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung's criminal case on Thursday

The Supreme Court will rule this week on the election law violation case of the Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung.

According to the court on Tuesday, the verdict will be delivered at 3 PM on Thursday, May 1st.

This comes 34 days after the case was submitted, following an appeal by prosecutors against a high court ruling that had overturned an initial guilty verdict last month.

The top court decided last week to have the full bench oversee the case and has been reviewing it at an unusually fast pace.

Lee was convicted of making false statements during the previous presidential campaign when he was a candidate.

Lee denied knowing a man involved in a land development scandal in the city of Seongnam during a media interview in 2021, and also reportedly made false claims during a related National Assembly audit.

The ruling will be broadcast live on the court's YouTube channel.